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Lewis Sayre
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<p>Lewis Albert Sayre (February 29, 1820 – September 21, 1900) was a leading American <a href="/facts/Orthopedic/ahXDk3gD">orthopedic</a> <a href="/facts/Surgeon/Hm0R9t6n">surgeon</a> of the 19th century. He performed the first operation to cure hip-joint <a href="/facts/Ankylosis/YKky8W8w">ankylosis</a>, introduced the method of suspending the patient followed by wrapping the body to correct spine distortions, and popularized <a href="/facts/Circumcision/Ya1aD8H6">circumcision</a> in the United States. Sayre improved sanitary conditions in New York, stopping the spread of <a href="/facts/Cholera/rk8JfWEp">cholera</a> from incoming ships, and was a founder of the <a href="/facts/New_York_University_School_of_Medicine/nGCxkgn7">Bellevue Hospital Medical College</a> and of the <a href="/facts/American_Medical_Association/Wmfxy2xV">American Medical Association</a>, of which he was elected vice-president in 1866, and president in 1880. </p>